Skate



No. 608,4l6.

. fP aujnteil Aug. 2, I898. E. H. BARNEY.

SKATE.

(Application filed Dec. 17, 1997.

(No llodl.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EVERETT H. BARNEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SKATE.

SPIECIFICATION forming part of Letters-Patent No. 608,416, dated August2, 1898. Application filed Decemb n, 1897. Serial No. 662,256. (Home Tat whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, EVERETT H. BARNEY, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and Stateof lvlassachusettsdiave invented new and useful Improvements in Skates,of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to skates, and particularly to those containingsole-clamps which are hung under said plate and adapted for combined andsimultaneous longitudinal and lateral movements and which clamps havetheir rear ends united by a single pivot which is fitted to move in alongitudinal slot in said plate, said clamp movements being effected bya lever in the ordinary way.

The object of this invention is to provide in a skate of theabove-described sole-clamp construction means for varying the length ofone of said clamps to the end that the upturned sole-engaging extremitythereof 'may be adjusted to move inwardly, actuated by said lever, frompredetermined and different points of separation outside of the edge ofthe sole-plate for engagement with a shoesole, while the oppositesole-clamp is free to move, when about to engage a shoe-sole, from anindeterminate point of separation from the opposite edge of thesole-plate, said soleclamp action being for the purpose of effecting thecentralization of the runner of the skate under the foot between theborders of the shoe-sole by the position of oneclamp, the final lockingaction of the fastening devices being completed by the opposite clamp.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a planview of the under side of a skate having my improvements appliedthereto, the central and rear portion of the runner being shown brokenaway. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the skate, and Fig. 3 illustrates adetail part hereinafter described.

Referring to the drawings, the runner of the skate is indicated by 2,the sole-plate by 3,the heel-plate by at, and the heel-clamp by 5 Alongitudinal slot 10 is formed through the sole-plate near its rear end.A headed stud 9, forming a pivot, which unites the rear ends of thesole-clamps, as below described, passes through said slot and has asliding movement therein. Said stud has a transverse perforation whichis screw-threaded to receive the threaded end of the clamp-rod 6, therear end of which is attached to a stud on the clampoperating lever 7 insuch manner, as below described, as permits said rod to be rotated foradjusting the distance between said lastnamed stud and said headed stud9,'as required for shoes of varying sizes to which the skate may beapplied. Said lever 7 is pivotally attached to said heel-clamp at 8, andthe latter has a sliding movement on said heelplate.

One sole-clamp 12 is of integral construction, while the-second clamp,as below described, comprisesseveral parts. The said stud 9 passesthrough perforations in the rear ends of the two sole-clamps abovereferred to. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the clamp 13 is of compoundconstruction, having a rear pivotengaging section 15, which is united tothe forward section thereof by a right and left hand screw-bolt 14,whereby said forward or shoe-sole-engaging section may, as aforesaid, beso set or adjusted as to move inwardly from predetermined and differentpoints beyond the outer edge of the sole-plate, while the oppositesole-clamp is free for inward movement I from any point beyond the edgeof the soleplate which is permissible by the length of the said curvedslot therein. It will be understood that the operation of saidscrew-bolt 14C to farther separate. the parts 13 and 15 of the clamp 13provides for carrying the outer end of the part 13 to a position fartherfrom the edge of the sole-plate 3, and drawing said parts togetherproduces the opposite result. The said different positions ofadjustments required of said clamp 13 are demanded because of varyingWidths of the soles of shoes which the skate may be used with. Said stud9 and sole-clamps are retained in operative relations by the clamp-rod6,wl1ic h screws through said stud, as shown, below the united rear endsof said clamps, and has its opposite end connected, as aforesaid, to astud on the operating-lever 7 in the manner shown in my United StatesLetters Patent No. 434,235, dated'August 12, 1890, so that it may befree to be rotated for the purpose aforesaid. The said sole-clamps have,as shown, curved slots through them near their outer ends, and

headed bolts or rivets 16 pass through said slots and are fixed to thesole-plate, thereby providing suitable hangers on which said clamps mayslide when operated by said lever 7. The forward extremities of saidsoleclamp are upturned opposite the edges of the sole-plate, as clearlyshown in Fig. 2, for engaging with the opposite edges of the sole of ashoe.

For the purpose above set forthviz., of effecting the centralization ofthe runner 2 of the skate between the borders of the sole of a shoe towhich the skate may be appliedthe length of one of said sole-clamps 13is made variable, or, in other words, this skate is provided with twosole-clamps, one of which is of one piece of metal, and hence of fixedlength, and the other consists of two screw-' united parts and istherefore extensible or of varying length, as below described. Thepositions which the said upturned sole-engaging extremities of saidsole-clamps should oecupy relative to the outer borders of the soleplateto adapt them for engagement with the borders of the sole of a shoe insuch a manner that when the runner of the skate is on a line drawncentrally through the body of the shoe or under the foot, as aforesaid,to which the skate is attached, are determined as follows: The skate isheld against the sole of the shoe, bringing the runner 2 centrally underthe foot, and while so held the section 13 of the extensible clamp is,by operating the screw-bolt ll, (by means of an implement inserted inthe slot (1,) brought very near to the edge of the sole, and the lever 7being then operated said clamp 13 first comes to a bearing against theedge of the sole and the clamp 12 immediately follows, therebycompleting the attachment of the skate to the shoe, with the runner insaid central position under the foot, though, as is often the case, oneedge of the sole may project laterally much farther beyond one side ofthe runner than the other. ()nce adjusted for one pair of shoes thelength of said two-section clamps need not be changed until fitted foranother pair.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

In a skate, the sole-plate thereof having a longitudinal slot thereinnear its rear end, a pivot-stud supported on said plate and projectingthrough said slot, an integrally-constructed sole-clamp hung formovement on the under side of said plate having a perforated rear endthrough which said stud extends, a second sole-clamp comprising thesole-engaging part thereof hu ng for movement on the under side of saidplate, a separate rear section having a perforated rear end throughwhich said stud passes, and a screw connecting said sole-engaging partand said rear section, whereby the said sole-engaging part may beadjusted to move inwardly against a shoe-sole from predetermined anddifferent positions beyond the outer edge of the soleplate, and meansfor imparting a longitudinal movement to said stud within said slotwhereby operative movements are imparted to said clamps, substantiallyas described.

EVERETT ll. BARNES.

\Vitnesses:

II. A. CHAPIN, K. I. CLEMONS.

